Harry explains this in general terms in his opening paragraphs…but to expand on it…. Great news that IRAs and 401k limits are both going up for 2019! My wife made employee contributions worth $17500 through my LLC’s Solo-401k for Year 2018. I have some idea how it’s done, and have put some formulas in a spreadsheet, but I’d like to be sure of using exactly the right starting numbers, the months used for CPI adjustments (and if it’s cpi-u or something else), the precise rounding rules etc. Therefore the annual compensation limit will increase by $5,000 from $285,000 in 2020 to $290,000 in 2021. You can contribute the respective maximum to both a 401k/403b/TSP/SIMPLE plan and a traditional or Roth IRA. It is very important that you Max out your 403b. You don’t get a lower limit just because you are married. 95% of people who were affected won’t pay AMT again for 2018. You are not preparing for additional income when you retire from your 403b. If you are married and both of you are 55 or older, each of you can contribute the additional $1,000, but to separate HSAs in each person’s name. The limitation regarding SIMPLE retirement accounts for 2020 is increased to $13,500, up from $13,000 for 2019. Apply the increase to the fixed numbers in the law and then do the rounding. $19,500 Annual Elective Deferral Whether your contribution to a Traditional IRA is deductible depends on your income and filing status. We will see how it goes as each new release comes out. Offical numbers are in So the “official” limits will not be known until after the OCTOBER publication. So it will go up to $125,000 in 2019. If you’d like to do the same for your wife, she would be to be willing to move her traditional IRA and SEP and she would have to have a workplace plan to accept the incoming rollover to begin with. MFJ: $24,400, BRACKETS For 2019: 15% : $39,350 Employer 30K. It will go to $19,000. These were announced previously in the spring. Am I reading this right? It’s 5x the annual addition limit. Do you know (technically) how the new 2019 brackets will be calculated, and do you anticipate publishing the 2019 tax brackets shortly after the CPI numbers are released on Thursday? I wizened up and moved it all to Vanguard and betterment. 24% : $168,400 I am aged 69 close to 70 In the year ending 2018 I am able to save the maximum of 24500 in my 401 K I will retire in late 2019. I want to make sure I understand this correctly. Not by much though. Within the employer, it’s basically W-2 plus 401k contribution plus cafeteria plan deductions (health insurance, FSA, pre-tax HSA, …). In addition, the Chained CPI numbers (unlike the others) when released are only preliminary…they are essentially updated every quarter and are only finalized about 1 year after the initial publication. SINGLE When the tax brackets are published, I’ll check that assumption. Oct 30 was her last day as my employee. The HSA contribution limit for family coverage will go up from $7,100 in 2020 to $7,200 in 2021. The September publication is not out until Sept 13th. Just a few corrections to my initial post…I don’t want to give out bad info. Not everyone can do it. Can I continue to contribute to a 403(b) after age 70 – not retired, still working? I know most of the limits have an unrounded value that inflation gets applied to, but I’ve never been able to find such a value for the IRA contribution limit. Traditional 403b, no. The total employer plus employee contributions to all defined contribution plans by the same employer will increase by $1,000 from $57,000 in 2020 to $58,000 in 2021. 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